MarinePlan Final Event
MarinePlan hosted our Final Event in the form of an online meeting on the 29th and 30th of September, 2025.
The event brought together marine spatial planners, stakeholders, policy and decision makers, industry managers, experts in marine conservation and sustainability, and the scientific community from across 36 different countries, to learn about MarinePlan's improved and innovative transdisciplinary approach to effective ecosystem-based maritime spatial planning (EB-MSP) and conservation in European seas.
In the first afternoon of the event we explored the elements of marine conservation planning that are necessary for an ecosystem-based approach, Decision Support System (DSS) building blocks, and real examples of scenarios and lessons learned from our Planning Sites. The second afternoon featured tutorials and training on the use of the tools and programs developed in MarinePlan and examples of their implementation.
Opening Session- Project Introduction and Background
Second Session- A Closer Look at DSS Building Blocks
Third Session- Showcase of Planning Sites
Fourth Session- StoryMaps and Pathways of Impacts, Policy Recommendations
Tutorials and Tools
- Tutorial_2-_Operationalising_Ecologically_or_Biologically_Significant_Marine_Areas__EBSA__criteria_for_ecosystem-based_conservation_and_management.pdf
- Tutorial_3-_From_Particles_to_Priorities-_Integrating_Drift_Modeling_with_Ecological_Connectivity_in_the_Southern_North_Sea__Part_1_.pdf
- Tutorial_3-_From_Particles_to_Priorities-_Integrating_Drift_Modeling_with_Ecological_Connectivity_in_the_Southern_North_Sea__Part_2_.pdf
- Tutorial_4-_Communicating_ecosystem_change_and_health_with_OceanViz.pdf
- Tutorial_5-_Marine_Heatwaves_across_depths_methods__patterns__limitations.pdf
- Tutorial_6-_Prior3D-_a_comprehensive_toolset_for_3D_systematic_conservation_planning__conducting_nested_prioritization_analyses_across_multiple_depth_levels.pdf
- Tutorial_7-_PriorCon-_An_tool-set_that_incorporates_graph_community_detection_methods_into_systematic_conservation_planning.pdf
- Tutorial_8-_PriorOECMs-_A_decision_support_tool_for_identifying_and_prioritising_Other_Effective_Area-Based_Conservation_Measures__OECMs__using_Multi-Criteria_Decision_Analysis.pdf
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-12 under grant agreement No 101059407 and by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee grant numbers 10038951 & 10050537. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or UK Research and Innovation. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.